WoolWeenies Club

[OakLeaf]

Do you have a good flat drying rack? I had to order a three-pack online, because they don't seem to have them in stores at all any more. Woolens always need to be blocked to dry.


This isn't exactly what I have, but similar. Pretty cheaply made, but they get the job done. I was so disappointed that Lehman's Hardware, with all the different gear they sell for air drying clothes, doesn't sell even one flat rack, not even a cheap Chinese one like those, let alone I would've paid three times the price for a half decent Amish made wood and string version if they'd offered one.

[jessmarimba]

Do you have a good flat drying rack? I had to order a three-pack online, because they don't seem to have them in stores at all any more. Woolens always need to be blocked to dry.

Yes, I've actually had decent drying things (wide variety) because I had no dryer for years and there are creepy disgusting bugs that get in the laundry here if you hang it outside. It seems like it's a problem in the way the fabric is cut. Probably not as much of a problem on the solids, but my one patterned pullover is clearly longer on one side than another, visible since the pattern is pretty much linear and there are more lines at the left hem than the right despite a straight, horizontal line across the upper seam! Not quite as obvious, but the twisted wool t-shirt seems to have been sewn with the fabric the "wrong" way, so when it shrank, it shrank twisted rather than horizontal or vertical. I'm sure it isn't a problem with all of their stuff but I've been unlucky and I don't want to order anything else sight-unseen.

[OakLeaf]

It seems like it's a problem in the way the fabric is cut.

That's too bad. I think it's more of an issue with their lightest things. That fabric has to be super hard to cut straight. DH does have a super lightweight Ibex short-sleeve base layer that's not cut perfectly. But of all our pieces (and we have WAY too many ) that's the only one. Wish I could say the same for Smartwool - the difference in quality is really noticeable on that particular aspect.

[Crankin]

I rode in my Smart Wool 1/4 zip top today. I now have 3 of them, thanks to GLC, you enabler . Worn it hiking, just around town, and riding today, in temperatures of 57-61, with a short sleeved base layer and a wind vest. It was perfect.